Example Sentences

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Donkeys usually keep their hooves naturally pumiced by foraging for long miles over rocky ground.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2016

Her pumiced spear at the ready, Sosie crouched behind the bush to watch and wait.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

In these cases the horn is soft, often white, and stringy or mealy, as seen in pumiced sole resulting from founder.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

The horse would be equally free from "drop" and "pumiced" sole, seedy toe, thrush, and kindred complaints.

From Rational Horse-Shoeing by Russell, John E.

Her oars, eighty-seven to the side, pumiced white and hurling out the spray, are leaping back and forth in perfect unison.

From A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life by Davis, William Stearns